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Essence within

Mimicked by one so frail

Ruptured by control

of the lust, the frenzy to uphold

a mask of sanity

Hinder a shape

Contort the form

Seer of woes

A wretch unto itself

Concealed by pain

that lurks inside

Graven image of man bestowed upon

by the barrage of existence denied

a lesson of futility erupts

when the self collides

Face what’s within